The User's Guide is here (now separate to save downloading time for those who insist on not reading the manual - also a big file):

UserGuide_1_5.zip** Still for Version 1.5; the new version will be completed later **

Extract the contents of the archive to the folder.

In that folder should now be a file called witptracker.properties (among other files). The information in this file needs to be updated depending on your environment. Edit this file using Notepad or any other text editing application (just double-clicking on the file should get you to some sort of editor).

The information you need to set is:

Dir: set this to be the full path of the War in the Pacific program main directory

GameType: set this to 0 (zero) for you vs. the AI, 1(one) for PBEM

Side: set this to 0 (zero) for Japan and 1 (one) for Allies

Password: set this to your password (only needed for PBEM)

SaveFile: set this to the name of the game's save file

SaveMode: set this to indicate where the program will look for turns, as 0 (zero) to look only in the program's "local" folder [this was how it always operated in releases prior to Release 1.4], 1 (one) to look only in the game's SAVE folder, or 2 (two) to look first in the program's "local" folder and if it's not there, to look in the game's SAVE folder.

Make sure you keep all of the information you enter between the bracket [] characters.

Copy the save game file to the directory.

This step is only temporary - we'll try to make it so you can load the file right from program's folder.

Run the program by double-clicking the WitPTracker.bat file. If you do this, however, any error messages will be lost. To see error messages (as if there will be any errors :-) ), execute the program in a command window (Start > Run... and then type cmd for the Open: item). In there, change directory to the new folder and run the program from there by entering WitPTracker.

How to use the program

Read the User's Guide that you can download above.

Updates

June 23, 2009: The latest version is now 1.6. The following problems were (hopefully) fixed:

Read turn hanging when no pilots have any kills

LCU Formation comparison and handling of device upgrades

Sorting issues in Base Panel and Device Panel

Removal of split air groups from the database after they've been recombined

Ship Upgrades for two months out wasn't wrapping properly around the new year

Assorted small stuff we probably forgot we fixed

The following features / changes have been added:

Sorting in all history pop-ups

Industry panel added columns for supply and fuel

Ship Production added some pop-ups

Alert when R&D has been accelerated

Alert and handling when an air group changes its maximum size

AV (approximate) displayed in LCU panel and LCU history

Export to comma-separated file for several aspects (Alerts, Devices, Device History, Airframe Production, Engine Production, LCUs, LCU History). This is from the File menu and the files are created in the "local" directory.

TF Panel added information on aircraft total and per-ship; new pop-up showing air groups in the TF

New summary tabs: LCU information, Air Group information; additional info in Naval and Pilots tabs

More ship classes to filter in Ship Panel

Filtering by aircraft type in the Air Groups panel

Assorted small stuff we probably forget we added

Note that databases from versions earlier than 1.5 will be automatically upgraded by the program to add new information on some of the objects (version 1.5 databases will not need to be upgraded for this release). The Minefield information is only loaded going forward for new turns.

Note that databases from versions earlier than 1.5 will be automatically upgraded by the program to add new information on some of the objects. The Minefield information is only loaded going forward for new turns.